3 Simple Ways to Honor Your Wedding Vows!!

I found a woman who keeps a constant blog about everything you need to know about relationships! Love, dating, weddings and marriage! I absolutely love what she has to say and I thought I would share a small part of her blog with you. Chapter 6 in the "Successful Marriages and Family" text is about honoring our marital vows with complete fidelity and i wondered, "What ARE some of the things that we can do to accomplish this?" While researching, I ran across Jennie Lee Williams' Blog and loved what she wrote! Here are her 3 simple steps to how we can honor our wedding vows on a daily basis! :)


1.Spend some time snuggling
One of my wedding vows was to have and to hold my husband from this day forward. We spend a lot of time together, but we often go too long without actually holding each other. When was the last time you and your spouse spent some time in each other's arms? To honor your wedding vows, consider engaging in some form of physical affection every day. Hold hands, snuggle up on the couch, go to bed at the same time, or even just give each other an extra long welcome-home hug.

2.Concentrate on the simple things
Another of my wedding vows was to stick with my husband for richer or for poorer. If we ever made it to "poorer," how would our relationship look? We often spend our time plugged into electronics, and we fret over relative luxuries in life. When was the last time you and your spouse lived as though all you had was each other? To honor your wedding vows, consider spending a few quality minutes doing something simple together each day. Chat over a homemade dinner, discuss something you read that day, or take a walk outside and reconnect.

3.Implement a daily check-in
One of the wedding vows I may sometimes take for granted is to honor my husband in sickness and in health. I think this wedding vow is referring not only to physical health but also to each spouse's mental, spiritual, and emotional well-being. When was the last time you asked your spouse about his day and really spent time with the answer? To honor your wedding vows, consider implementing a daily check-in. You might set some time aside to allow each spouse to share successes, fears, failures, and goals, and discuss ways you can each support one another.
It's easy for wedding vows to become nothing but lip service, but your marriage doesn't have to be that way. Hopefully by keeping your wedding vows in mind each day, you'll have no trouble with the last one: to be together as long as you both shall live!
She's GREAT! Check out her blog! Here's the link below:

http://loveandweddings.blogspot.com/

Marriage Foundation Tips

Above are some statistics researched in 2011 about the difference between U.S. Mormons and the General U.S. Public which i find very interesting....and might I add, I'm a little bit prideful.





I found this quote and believe that it is truly the tool to a successful marriage (in my opinion of course). Taking responsibility for somebody other than yourself and becoming completely selfless should be the root of every successful marriage. These days, "people have learned to discard everything from paper plates to spouses" (Bateman and Bateman, 2003, p. 7), and sadly, this is the truth. The true tools of a successful marriage will come naturally when we have the desire to learn more about each other. Foundational processes are actions couples take in relation to each other to help their marriage flourish. These things can be small and simple like weekly date nights or focusing on continuing courtship after marriage. They can also be things like completing simple service acts for each other or small acts of kindness to prove selflessness.



In the beginning...

The ABC's of Romantic Marriages

Adore each other

Best friends

Compromise

Discover each other's talents

Encouragement

Forgive and forget

Gaze into each other's eyes

Hug and hold hands

Inspire and intrigue

Joke around

Kiss, kiss, kiss

Love whole-heartedly

Marvel at each other

Nurturing

Overcoming obstacles

Pray daily together

Quiet each other's fears

Remember the little things

Study the scriptures together

Take time for tenderness

Understand each other

Visit the temple often

Wish on stars

X-press your true feelings

Yearn for each other's touch

Zzzzzz in each other's arms